The hills of Atapuerca in Burgos, Spain, have long been a treasure trove for scientists. However, their latest revelation pushes the boundaries of what we thought we knew about our prehistoric past.

Dating back roughly 5,700 years, SKELETAL REMAINS found in El Mirador cave bear chilling signs of cannibalism: precise cut marks, controlled burning, evidence of cooking - even human bite marks.

According to Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo, researcher at the Institute of Archaeology-Mérida (IAM-CSIC) and co-author of the study published in Scientific Reports, while recorded examples of prehistoric cannibalism are “relatively few,” in Neolithic Iberia the practice was “more frequent than it might seem” and “integrated into the culture” of the time.

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